diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
index 81db39a03efb..4527cd732b42 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
@@ -4,20 +4,22 @@
 # This Makefile expects you have already run `make install-lib` in the lib
 # directory for the bindings to be created.
 
-CC := gcc
+CC ?= gcc
+# CFLAGS ?=
+LDFLAGS ?= -lcpupower
 HAVE_SWIG := $(shell if which swig >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
 HAVE_PYCONFIG := $(shell if which python-config >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
 
-PY_INCLUDE = $(firstword $(shell python-config --includes))
-INSTALL_DIR = $(shell python3 -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])")
+PY_INCLUDE ?= $(firstword $(shell python-config --includes))
+INSTALL_DIR ?= $(shell python3 -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])")
 
 all: _raw_pylibcpupower.so
 
 _raw_pylibcpupower.so: raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.o
-	$(CC) -shared -lcpupower raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.o -o _raw_pylibcpupower.so
+	$(CC) -shared $(LDFLAGS) raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.o -o _raw_pylibcpupower.so
 
 raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.o: raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c
-	$(CC) -fPIC -c raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c $(PY_INCLUDE)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PY_INCLUDE) -fPIC -c raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c
 
 raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c: raw_pylibcpupower.swg
 ifeq ($(HAVE_SWIG),0)
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/cpupower-monitor.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/cpupower-monitor.c
index ad493157f826..e8b3841d5c0f 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/cpupower-monitor.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/cpupower-monitor.c
@@ -121,10 +121,8 @@ void print_header(int topology_depth)
 	switch (topology_depth) {
 	case TOPOLOGY_DEPTH_PKG:
 		printf(" PKG|");
-		break;
 	case TOPOLOGY_DEPTH_CORE:
 		printf("CORE|");
-		break;
 	case	TOPOLOGY_DEPTH_CPU:
 		printf(" CPU|");
 		break;
@@ -167,10 +165,8 @@ void print_results(int topology_depth, int cpu)
 	switch (topology_depth) {
 	case TOPOLOGY_DEPTH_PKG:
 		printf("%4d|", cpu_top.core_info[cpu].pkg);
-		break;
 	case TOPOLOGY_DEPTH_CORE:
 		printf("%4d|", cpu_top.core_info[cpu].core);
-		break;
 	case TOPOLOGY_DEPTH_CPU:
 		printf("%4d|", cpu_top.core_info[cpu].cpu);
 		break;
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/mperf_monitor.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/mperf_monitor.c
index 73b6b10cbdd2..5ae02c3d5b64 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/mperf_monitor.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/mperf_monitor.c
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ static int mperf_stop(void)
 	int cpu;
 
 	for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpu_count; cpu++) {
-		mperf_measure_stats(cpu);
-		mperf_get_tsc(&tsc_at_measure_end[cpu]);
 		clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &time_end[cpu]);
+		mperf_get_tsc(&tsc_at_measure_end[cpu]);
+		mperf_measure_stats(cpu);
 	}
 
 	return 0;